Where does “sapanài” come from?

sapanài (Makasar) comes from Makasar -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

sapanài (Makasar): to equip a house or building with a stepless staircase (sapana)

Definitions

  1. to equip a house or building with a stepless staircase (sapana)

Ancestry of “sapanài”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasar-isuffix forming transitive verbs
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
3Proto-Austronesian*-i—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →